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Setting Hard Limits by VLAN
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back
)
If you utilize VLANs on your network, you can set up your bandwidth limit rules
to utilize your predefined VLANs.
To set up a VLAN Hard Limit:
From the Setup and Configuration Menu,
Click on ->
Manage Traffic Limits
->
[
Configure Shared Limits by VLAN
]
.
On the Add a Hard Limit for a VLAN
window (see window below), select a
VLAN id from 1 to 4094. Set the incoming
bytes per second. Set the outgoing bytes
per second.
Click on ->
[
Add Rule
]
to
create the VLAN Hard Limit.
This will create a shaping rule and cause
the NetEqualizer to enforce your rate limit
such that the aggregate bandwidth usage
of all current VLAN users will not exceed
the values selected for incoming and outgoing bytes per second.
To remove a VLAN Hard Limit:
From the Setup and Configuration Menu,
Click on ->
Manage Traffic Limits
->
[
Configure
Shared Limits by VLAN
]
. Scroll down to see the Remove a Hard Limit for a VLAN window,
select a VLAN id from the dropdown box and
Click on ->
[
Remove Rule
]
.
In addition to enforcing the VLAN rate limits, the NetEqualizer will perform
Equalizing
across
all users on the VLAN when Default Rules are on. This works like
Bandwidth Pools
, in that
"
virtual equalizing
" is applied across all users on a VLAN.
For example, if you set the download limit on a specific VLAN to 192,000 bytes per second
(T1) and the VLAN usage level reaches 85 percent, the NetEqualizer will begin to penalize
any connection exceeding the value of
HOGMIN
within the VLAN.
Note: VLAN Limits cannot overlap with Hard Limits by IP. If you limit by VLAN, you should
not set up Hard Limits by IP that cross over the same range of IP addresses.
Setting Hard Limits by MAC address
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back
)
MAC addresses are the
unique
identifiers of Ethernet cards on user or client
machines. Usually the MAC address of an Ethernet card is printed on the card.
When NetEqualizer shapes traffic by MAC address, it limits traffic to and from a
specific host based on the MAC address located on the Ethernet card of the host.
All MAC shaping functions are accessible through one menu option. From the Setup and
Configuration Menu,
Click on ->
Manage Traffic Limits
->
[
Configure Hard Limits by
MAC Address
]
. The following window comes up. You can scroll down to see all the
windows described in this section.
